The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-11
MR.. GARRETPs GAME PRESERVES.
Artificial Breeding of English Pleas
ants for Sporting Purposes.
From the Baltimore san.

Artificial Breeding of English Pleas
ants for Sporting Purposes.
From the Baltimore san.
At Uplands, Mr. Robert CARROTS country
residence, at the junction of Edmondson
avenue and the old Frederick road, the
owner has established a miniature game
preserve. Up to the present the only game
on the preserve are English pheasantS, of
which there are abo' t 200. The eggs were
imported from England about one year
since. The first lot, numbering several
hundred, failed to hatch, but a second
lot, that were packed under the
directions of Mr.. CARROTS gamekeeper,
produced good results. The eggs
were placed under common hens, and
when the birds were Matched they were
hand-raised and then turned loose on the
preserve which consists of about twenty
five acres of wood and open land, inclosed
with a wire fence about feet high. The
BIRDS though nearly grown, have not taken
to the woodland, but disport themselves i'll
the open. The male birds are very beauti-
full, and present tempting sight TO would
be poachers as they run along the ground.
But the only poachers that the big, stalwart
game keeper has had to contend with so far
have been what he termed ''varmints,
which include coonS, opoSsumS, bats, rats,
weasels, etc, with now aud then II bird
hawk. The game keeper, who was
imported from England with the birds, is a
typical English keeper, A Yorkshire man
himself, he brought with him a Yorkshire
terrier, which assists him i'll his labors. The
birds all know him. and do not appear much
frightened when he approaches them, and he
is careful not to let strangers go near them
unless he is in the lead. Immediately adjoin-
ing his lodge he has enormous wire coops in
which he has a number of old birds that have
to be viewed from a distance, as the keeper
fears they would rise on the wing at the APP
proach of a stranger and kill themselves
against the wire covering. To avoid acct
dents of this kind a fine specimen of the
English bull terrier is stationed near the
coops, where he can keep guard in the alb
sence of the keeper The little Yorkshire
terrier is thoroughly broken to his work.
He is the constant companion of his master,
and if any of the birds leave the inclosure
he finds them and cautiously assists to drive
them back He will not let stranger pick
up even an acorn from the ground, much
less handle young bird. Scattered around
in the neighborhood of the birds are num-
Der of coopS in which are confined common
hens with broods of young chickens. When
these chickens reach the proper age they will
be used for the purpose of Matching out
pheasants When the day for the shooting
arrives the birds will be scattered as much as
possible, and then the gaJnekeeper and his
assistants will beat the cover, and as the
birds fly over the sportsmen the air will be
filled with shot holes, and the gamekeeper
will probably be instructed TO bag enough
game for the lunch which follows the shoot
ing. At least that is the programme as in
terpreted by a gentleman who claimed to
know all about the shooting business as con-
Quoted on game preserves.